SPAN

Dear colleagues,

We would like to invite you to the joint APA Linkman/ SPAN meeting in Edinburgh on Monday the 4th of November 2019.

The talks will bring you:
Paediatric ENT UK review,
Updates in perioperative medicine,
Data analysis in paediatric anaesthesia
Coaching for resilience
and more..

The meeting will be at King Khalid Building at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
You will find all the details on the BookCPD website:
https://bookcpd.com/course/2019-joint-apa-linkman-span-conference

Looking forward to seeing you in Edinburgh

The SPAN Committee

The paediatric airway registry is now live and available for use.

Find it by clicking HERE

Or cut and paste the following:

https://w3.abdn.ac.uk/clsm/pear/home.aspx

If you need to know where and how to apply for a paediatric fellowship (worldwide or UK-based), check out the APAGBI trainee section. It’s one of the resources there, along with others including the excellent Trainee Handbook.

Find the website by clicking HERE

Or cut and paste the following:

https://www.apagbi.org.uk/professionals/trainee-section

This year’s ESPA meeting is on 19th-21st September 2019 at De Doelen Centre ICC, Rotterdam.

The website for the meeting is: http://www.euroespa.com/congress/2019-rotterdam/

Dear Colleagues,

A paper from Anaesthesia suggests that use of the enFlow IV fluid warmer may result in potentially toxic levels of aluminium being released into the warming fluids.  (The MDA alert 2019/015)

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/03/hospitals-withdraw-surgical-device-over-aluminium-exposure-fears

Here is the reference for the paper in Anaesthesia: Aluminium release by coated and uncoated fluid warming devices. Perl T, Kunze-Szikszay N, Bräuer A, Quintel M, Röhrig AL, Kerpen K, Telgheder U. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.14601

A linked editorial: Anaesthesia: Medical device regulation: the need for clinical vigilance and oversight. Charlesworth M, van Zundert AAJ. 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/anae.14603

And current government advice: https://www.gov.uk/drug-device-alerts/enflow-iv-fluid-and-blood-warmer-risk-of-unsafe-levels-of-aluminium-leaching-from-the-device-mda-2019-015

The next APA linkman meeting will be a joint meeting with SPAN at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh on 4th November 2019.  More details to come nearer the time!

APA Linkman 2019

We are pleased to announce that, as of yesterday, SPAN can be followed on Twitter. Our information will primarily be shared through social media but our website will always be the go-to place for important stuff like meeting information and funding applications.

Please follow us now

@ScottishNetwork

Or search Twitter for Scottish Paediatric Anaesthetic Network

SPAN now have a formal process for small grant funding application.

Details of the process can be found on our page, found on the page list to the right of this column.

Contact us for more details if needed.

span.webmaster@gmail.com

Good news! The second edition of this excellent resource is now freely available online through the APAGBI website.

It is full of excellent advice on how to pursue a career in paediatric anaesthesia.

And at that price, you can’t go wrong!

Download here: http://www.apagbi.org.uk/professionals/education-and-training-trainee-section/trainee-handbook

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The date of the next annual spring meeting of SPAN is Tuesday 24th April 2018 in Edinburgh.  The venue this year  is the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Topics include:

• 6,4,1 The new paediatric fasting guidelines.
• Who should consent the child undergoing MRI?  The paediatrician, radiologist or anaesthetist?  A panel discussion.
• Paediatric refresher experience: the DGH and tertiary perspectives.
• Paediatric pre-assessment for anaesthesia.

Time to prepare any posters or oral presentations you might wish to submit!  They can be cases, audits or research related to paediatric anaesthesia or critical care.  Submit your abstract as a word document in less than 400 words to Laura.Jack1@nhs.net by Friday 16th March.

There will be vacancies on the SPAN committee including trainee representative.

The latest programme: SPAN-2018-final-programme

Draft minutes from AGM in 2017: 170322_Minutes_SPAN

Draft AGM agenda: Agenda_SPAN_180422

The booking form for this years meeting can be found here: SPAN-Booking-Form-2018 (1)

Please note that this year we will not be accepting cash/cheque payment, all payments must be made electronically. Details are on the booking form.

Looking forward to seeing you all there! 🙂